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- 36Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of/Theses and Dissertations
- 2Mechanical Engineering, Department of
- 2Mechanical Engineering, Department of/Progress in Canadian Mechanical Engineering, Volume 5
- 1Concordia University of Edmonton
- 1Concordia University of Edmonton/Independent Research Reports in Undergraduate Biology and Environmental Science (Concordia University of Edmonton)
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Spring 2013
An alternative method of manipulating fragile MEMS devices during fabrication has been developed. A specialized manual or robotic end effector utilizing a gecko inspired adhesive can replace the slow and costly manual tweezers used by the MEMS foundry Micralyne Inc. Improving the adhesive...
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Spring 2016
Organic photovoltaics offer the tantalizing possibility of inexpensive renewable energy generation. However, there are many issues that need to be solved before organic photovoltaics can see widespread use. One main issues that needs to be resolved is the relatively low efficiency of organic...
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Fall 2019
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic condition characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from impaired glucose metabolism. Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a result of progressive autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta (β)-cells. By far, parenteral insulin replacement is...
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Large-Scale Multi-Frequency Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT) Arrays for Ultrasound Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Applications
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Ultrasonic transducers capable of operating over multiple frequency bands could have several interesting medical applications including multi-resolution multi-depth imaging for point-of-care ultrasound, imaging-therapy, super-harmonic contrast agent imaging, super-resolution imaging, image-guided...
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Fall 2009
Islet transplantation has the potential to be an effective treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes. However, a shortage of human donor islets and the need for continuous immunosuppressive therapy currently limit this therapy to patients with brittle type 1 diabetes. Neonatal pigs may...
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Metallic thin films for NEMS/MEMS: from fundamental behaviour to microstructural design and fabrication
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The main focus of this thesis is the study of thin metal films in microelectromechanical/nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), ranging from application to fundamental behaviour. The use of metallic structural components is desirable since they are electrically conductive, optically reflective...
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Fall 2013
This thesis outlines the development of two platforms for integrating microfabricated sensors with high pressure feedthroughs for application in hostile high temperature high pressure environments. An application in oil well production logging is explored and two sensors were implemented with...
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Fall 2020
This thesis describes the theory, fabrication, and characterization of on-chip, integrated Fabry-Perot microcavities embedded with thin silicon nitride membranes. The approach combines a previously developed process for fabricating self-assembled Si / SiO2 / Ta2O5 curved mirror cavities, with a...
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Nanophotonic detection of nanomechanical structures for use toward mass sensing applications
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Nanomechanical beam resonators show much promise for use in integrated on-chip mass sensing systems. This follows from their own very small masses and also their ability to store the mechanical energy of their oscillations to produce strong measurable mechanical response signals. To achieve...
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Fall 2018
Ghoraishi Kahangi, Maryam Sadat
Due to their ability to measure extremely small displacements and forces, nanomechanical cantilevers have attracted considerable attention from numerous scientific communities, each exploring a variety of applications. Though typically operated in either vacuum or air, operation of the device in...